IntroductionrnIn the streets of Addis Ababa, street children number which has been increasing isrnestimated to be at least 50,000 of which significant number of them use multiplernsubstance. There are limited studies on glue sniffing street children livedrnexperience.rnObjectivernTo explore and describe the lived experience of glue sniffing children living inrnstreets of Addis Ababa.rnMethodrnA qualitative research design was used. Participants were recruited using purposivernsampling from street children who were living under care of Retrak Ethiopia AddisrnAbaba, Ethiopia. Also the participants were those who can speak Amharicrnlanguage fluently. Sampling was until theoretical saturation is reached, seven inrndepth interviews were done. In-depth interviews were audio recorded, transcribedrnin Amharic and translated into English. Thematic analysis was used to identify keyrnthemesrnResultsrnThe major findings fromthis study are family abuse lead the children andrnadolescents in this study to street life.Intheir daily life searching for food, askingrnmoney for glue, sometimes stealing and robbing and sniffing glue are the majorrnactivities of their daily life. Hunger, cold during the night and beating from olderrnpeers and police make their life the more difficult. Most street children peer usedrnpeer support, glue sniffing and unusual coping strategies to cope street life whilerncognitive coping and emotion focused coping were used by some. Hope andrnabstinencefrom substance is found a key in these street children perception ofrnresilience